A Guide to Middle-earth
Robert Foster
1974 Ballantine Edition
Ballantine Books
New York
ISBN: 034524138X
ISBN: 0345249364 (from 1975)
Mass market paperback
xii, 292 pp.
Cover illustration by Tim Kirk
Hammond Page Ref.: None
Notes
Edited and compiled by Robert Foster, this encyclopedic reference book (among many other entries) incorporates material previously published in the science fiction fanzine Niekas (some of which was revised for this publication).
1st Printing: August, 1974
2nd Printing: 1974
3rd Printing: November, 1974
4th Printing: June, 1975
5th Printing: August, 1976
6th Printing: December, 1976
7th Printing: June, 1977
The ISBN (034524138X) was changed to 0345249364 for the 4th Printing.
RRP: $1.50; $1.95 with the 4th Printing.